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Table 1 :

From: Evaluation of patients with acute leukemia admitted to an intensive care unit

Characteristics

Leukemia

Control

P

Age (years)

48 ± 18

56 ± 19

< 0.05

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score

22.7 ± 6.4

16.2 ± 8.6

< 0.01

Septic shock (%)

34.1

31.4

NS

Time until shock (days)

1.4 ± 3.2

0.8 ± 4.4

NS

Swan–Ganz (%)

45.5

20.1

< 0.05

Time of mechanical ventilation (days)

6.1 ± 8.3

6.9 ± 16.7

NS

Admission time before the ICU

11 ± 11.4

10 ± 18.9

NS

ICU length of stay

7.7 ± 9.7

10.4 ± 17.4

NS

Hospital length of stay

23.9 ± 20.1

30.7 ± 37.3

< 0.05

Survival in the ICU (%)

18

56

< 0.01

Survival in the hospital (%)

18

47

< 0.01

  1. Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation. ICU, intensive care unit; NS, not significant.